Twitter is changing the way its audio chat rooms look in Spaces.
The company revealed this to TechCrunch yesterday, confirming that the social media giant is currently working a new experiment (though, didn’t share details) for the Twitter Spaces tab in its app.
The revamp will see a new tab with look-and-feel for Spaces that organizes the audio rooms into topics, like Music or Sports, for instance.
These are represented with colorful cards and imagery from the programs. (Oddly, the images appear to represent traditional podcasts in some cases.)
There’s also a feature dubbed “Your daily digest” which includes a selection of programs that can be played with a click of a button. The tab also shows you who’s listening, much as it does now.
The revamped Twitter Spaces, in the opinion of TechCrunch, “appears to be building upon Spaces’ support for Topics.” Twitter says it will announce “later down the road” once it finish developing.
While these new features aren’t available, the company is already improving the current Twitter Spaces version with an updated bar where all the chat rooms are displayed on the company’s iOS app.
This change makes it easier to know who’s hosting, what’s being discussed, and more on Twitter Spaces.
The tweak might make Spaces more accessible to new users and broaden its appeal beyond the bitcoin and corporate users who usually dominate discussions.
Although it’s unclear how many people currently use the audio service, the present user interface is more geared at seasoned users.
Twitter’s new strategy leaves us with something to think about with Clubhouse, audio-chat trendsetter, firing employees as it changes its business objectives. Also, as at the time this article is published, the audio chatroom boom seems to be experiencing a downturn.
Although Twitter, Meta, and Spotify all entered the market shortly after Clubhouse became popular, it’s uncertain whether or not they were successful.
A Washington Post, which cited an internal data, predicted that Spaces’ user base would have dropped to under 1 million byJuly 2021.
Which means the audio chat space might have experienced degradation a while ago without Twitter’s knowledge.
What is the assurance that by tweaking its Space audio rooms there’s going to be a turn around?
